Friday 9th
December 2016
The latest news is – 2XS is staying in Townsville. The engine work is not yet complete. Pete is mildly fed up and is flying home tomorrow
night. Michael is driving as far south
as he can go. At the moment he can’t get
his car onto the ferry so it will have to stay in Melbourne unless he gets a
last minute cancellation. Pete will have
to fly back up to Townsville in January to move the boat down to Urangan, if
that is what he still thinks is the best thing.
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| 2XS in Townsville |
In the meantime I have been very busy, with this and
that. It has been hot, and chilly, with
the odd burst of violent wind.
On Tuesday I had a lovely chat with Tracey, my optometrist,
while she tested my eyes. (My eyes are
fine thank you.) I told her – yes this
was part of the professional part of my visit – that I mainly read on my
screens (iPhone and iPad) and that I don’t carry paper books with me any
more. she told me that when she and her
boyfriend were travelling through Africa and Europe in the 90s their packs were
heavily loaded with Lonely Planet guides.
Huge, heavy, indispensable! Travellers
now can have all of this weighty information loaded neatly and easily on their
screens. So much better!
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| Myrtle Gully waterfall - I am so enjoying walking through the bush (except NOT in the violent wind!!) |
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